Technical Readout: 3057

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Technical Readout: 3057
DropShips, JumpShips, & WarShips
Product information
Type Technical readout
Development Michael Mulvihill
Primary writing Chris Hartford
Pages 224
Cover Artwork Gregory Bridges
Interior Artwork Mike Nielsen
Mark Ernst
Illustrations Duane Loose
Publication information
Publisher FASA
Product code 8620
First published 1994
ISBN-10 1555602347
ISBN-13 978-1555602345
MSRP 18.00 US $
Content
Era Clan Invasion era
Agency Explorer Corps
Universe Date 6 January 3057
Series Technical Readouts
Followed by Technical Readout: 3057 Revised

Description

Technical Readout: 3057 differs from the primary line of technical readouts in that its focus was on BattleSpace units, such as DropShips, JumpShips, WarShips, Small Craft, Aerospace Fighters, OmniFighters, and conventional aircraft. Additional rule clarifications and record sheets for BattleSpace were included.

The third print run was marked as "Corrected 3rd Printing" and included a change to the fluff for the Tramp-class JumpShip (omitting the alleged sighting of Clan-owned vessels with 4 docking hardpoints). Note that this technically does not constitute a removal of the quote from Canon.

The book, purporting to be an Explorer Corps document from 3057 by one Dai-i Otanashi Haruka, was reissued in 2004 as Technical Readout: 3057 Revised, a purported workover from Wolfnet in 3067 with an introduction by Margaret Tulliver stating that the 3057 edition, as well as ComStar's earlier FB60 Intelligence Summary, contained numerous errors.
In fact, construction rule changes had required many tweakings or even substantial changes to various units' stats, such as increasing the official mass of the Union by 100 tons.

Contents

  • Briefing – "Introduction"
Dai-i Otanashi Haruka (6 January, 3057)
  • BattleSpace Rule Clarifications
  • Size Comparison (scaled images)
  • BattleSpace Tables
    • Sequence of Play
    • Movement Phase
    • Interface
    • Marine Point
    • Turning Cost
    • Range
    • Control Roll Modifier
    • Attack
    • Boarding Action Result
    • Fighter Hits
    • Crew Quality
  • Diagrams
    • Firing Arcs
    • Hit Locations
    • Critical Hit Modifiers

Notes

  • Technical Readout: 3057 is an unusual TRO in that it carries no land units. Further it changed the artwork from the earlier Technical Readout: 2750, which did not go over well with some fans. However, it did well enough in sales to allow for the creation of JumpShip and WarShip miniatures.
  • Another unique feature of this TRO is that it contains only BattleSpace statistics for the fighters presented rather than full TRO-style entries. New artwork for a handful of fighters appears but the images are not assigned to specific fighters. These images presumably represented the fighters introduced in AeroTech that were not given artwork at the time.
  • The WarShip prominently shown on the cover, is a Leviathan-class Dreadnought, a ship class that was not actually described within the book. It was first described in Technical Readout: 3067. As of 3057, only two such ships were under construction, the Leviathan (Leviathan) and the Great Bear. A photo of a miniature of the latter in Aerotech 2 Revised showcasing its canonical paint scheme depicts the Ghost Bear logo on a red field. Since such a red field is absent on the vessel depicted on the book's cover, it is presumably the Leviathan.

German Edition

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Hardware-Handbuch 3057
Product information
Language german
Contribution Hartwig Nieder-Gassel (Translation), Hartwig Nieder-Gassel and Frank Werschke (Editor), Ralf Hlawatsch (Copy-Editing)
Pages 208
Publication information
Publisher Fantasy Productions
First published 1992
ISBN-10 3890649394
ISBN-13 4018522109398
MSRP DM 45,- / SFr 42,- ÖS 330

The German edition called Hardware-Handbuch 3057 was released by Fantasy Productions in 1992 and received just minor changes (see below). The German version is printed as DIN A4, a standard European paper size, which is a little larger then north american Letter.

From the german back cover

The German back cover matches the original in text and design.

Hardware-Handbuch 3057

Im Jahr 3049 erschienen zum ersten Mal die Clans in der Inneren Sphäre. Ausgestattet mit der hochentwickelten Technik eines längst vergangenen Zeitalters, entfesselten die kriegslüsternen Invasoren einen vernichtenden Blitzkrieg, in dem sie eine Welt nach der anderen eroberten, bis ein Sieg der Angreifer unvermeidlich schien. Nachdem sie den überlegenen Mechs ihrer Gegner nichts entgegenzusetzen hatten, richteten die Streitkräfte der Inneren Sphäre ihren Blick hilfesuchend auf ihre Raumkampfflotten, doch alles, was sie dabei zu Gesicht bekamen, waren die tödlichen LandungsSchiffe, SprungSchiffe, und insbesondere die KampfSchiffe der Clans - riesige Raumfahrzeuge, die seit hunderten von Jahren nicht mehr in der Inneren Sphäre erblickt worden waren. Die großen Häuser haben nun damit begonnen, ihre eigenen Flotten auszubauen, und stehen bereit, die Clan-Invasoren auf dem unendlichen Schlachtfeld des Weltraums herauszufordern.

Das Hardware Handbuch 3057 enthält Beschreibungen, Illustrationen und die vollständigen BattleSpace-Spieldaten für die neuesten LandungsSchiffe, SprungSchiffe, KampfSchiffe, Beiboote, Raumjäger, OmniJäger und konventionellen Flugzeuge der Inneren Sphäre und der Clans.

Alterations

The German edition received notable changes only in the books last section BattleSpace Clarifications. Here, the original Technical Readout 3057 lists a string of rule clarifications, blank record sheets, tables, diagramms for BattleSpace and a sketch of different space vessels for purpose of size comparison. In German edition this section is renamed Grössenvergleich (Site Comparison) and consequently contains just the two pages of sketch, all other content is left out.

Spelling and Names

As with other German products prior to 1997 spelling and names (especially places and units) as well as most abbreviations were regularly adjusted. For instance the Mech unit Archer was renamed to Schütze, the Planet Gotterdammerung was respelled to Götterdämmerung, the DCMS (Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery) became VSDK (Vereinigte Streitkräfte des Draconis Kombinats) and so on.